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c/n 15-R
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CF-JHE at Boundry Lake on the Unik River, BC.
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Photo: George Kent © 1960
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CF-JHE at Seal Cove, Prince Rupert, BC.
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Photos: George Kent © early 1959
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c/n 15-R CF-JHE x • CF-JHE Pacific Western Airlines Ltd., Vancouver, BC • Regd 24/07/56 • DHC sold a fuselage to PWA on 22/05/56 for $16,500 • Shipped 20/07/56 • PWA built a new aircraft from this plus wings etc., at their Pat Bay facility • Inspected 31/08/56 by MoT • Crashed - overran strip Kettle Valley and flipped over 19/10/64 • Repaired and inspected 05/04/65 • Crashed into side of mountain in the Kildalla Pass between Kitimat and 20 miles from Kemano while with Trans Provincial 5 people killed 1966 • Reported w/o 24/02/70 • Canx from register 1975 • Disposition unknown • x Note: CF-FHA crashed into a rock face near the bottom of a cirque. The first season it was hauling fuel to Army Survey camps where Kenting Hiller 360s were operating . The aircraft later disappeared with a geologist or prospecting crew. The search lasted a long time. The wreck was discovered when an Army Survey crew member recalled seeing a bright flash on a distant mountain peak . The RCAF flew a S-51 out to the Canol Pipeline Road to investigate but the helicopter went u/s. A Sikorsky S-55 was used to reach the site and bring the bodies out. Note from Ken Swartz 03/10/06
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